I§2 hazzledine warren: study OF PRE-HISTORY IN ESSEX. 
XXII.— Folk Lore. 
Fifty Years Ago in Essex ” (H. Laver, E.N., iii., p.27). Records 
old customs, etc. 314 
Funeral Garlands ( E.N. , vi., 1892, pp. 99, 105, 117). 315 
Folk-lore and Dialect of Essex (G. Day, E.N., viii., 1894, pp. 
71-85). Includes notes on the divining-rod. 316 
Sarsen Stones ,” Origin of Term (T. V. Holmes, E.N., xiii., 
1904, pp. 275-279). 317 
Sacred Fire (E.N ., xiii., 1904, p. 303). Ceremony of producing 
sacred fire with flint and steel at Westminster Cathedral 
in 1904. All the lights were extinguished and re-lighted 
from the sacred fire [332]. 318 
Epping Forest, Ancient Hunting Rights, etc. (J. E. Harting, 
E.N ., i., 1887, pp. 46-62). Waltham is said to have been 
founded on account of the abundance of deer in the Forest 
by Tovi, standard-bearer to Canute, who built houses for 
66 inhabitants. 319 
Epping Forest (W. C. Waller, E.N., viii., 1894, pp. 
31-35)- 320 
Forests of Essex (J. C. Shenstone, E.N., xv., 1908, pp. 105- 
115, map of Essex showing forest areas). Gives much 
important historical and archaeological information. 321 
XXIII.— Miscellaneous. 
Dug-out Canoes, Thames and Lea Alluvium (E.N., xii., 1902, 
pp. 163-166, section). The evidence of position on the 
Romano-British peat surface suggested that one of these 
was of that date. A second found on a lower horizon 
contained a polished flint axe and a scraper [137, etc.]. 322 
Old “ clinker-built ” Boat, Temple Mills (E.N., xii., 1902, p. 180) 
[137]- 323 
Pot-boilers, Holt Wood, Hants (J. C. Jervoise, T. & P., ii., 
1881, p. 11). Found in heaps near water. 324 
Pot-boiler Site, Debden Slade, Epping Forest (S. H. Warren, 
xvi., 1911, p. 243). A floor of calcined flints found beside 
a streamlet. [I have since found two other similar sites 
beside Forest streamlets.] 325 
[Vide also, 143, 241.] 
The Maze, Saffron Walden (G. N. Maynard, E.N., iii., 1889, 
pp. 244-247, plan). The maze is situated on the Common. 
It covers an area of about 138 by 100 feet, and is surrounded 
by a ditch and bank. The continuous path, which is cut 
in the turf, is said to be nearly a mije in length. Such mazes 
are known as “ Troy Towfis,” or “ Walls.’’ or “ Citadel 
•of Troy ” (Welsh “ Caerdroia ”). As to the purpose of 
